Habakkuk Gleanings in Three Areas: God, Believers and Unbelievers

What does this passage teach us about God or His creation or their relationship to each other?   

I have organized my thoughts around 3 areas: God, Believers and Unbelievers.God . . . 

• Sometimes the Lord is silent and does not answer the call of His people
• How God rights unjust situations is not always understandable by man.
• Sometimes God uses the wicked to punish His people.
• God’s timetable regarding justice is not the same as man’s timetable.
• God will answer at the appointed time, when He sees fit.
• One day God’s glory will fill the earth and not all this greed, violence, covetousness, murder, drunkenness and idolatry.
• The Lord is alive, on His throne and has an actual dwelling place.
• God has placed prophecies in the Bible. 

Believers . . . 

• Believers are not always shielded from a life of injustice, destruction, violence, strife, and conflict.
• The righteous trust in the strength of God.
• It is right for Believers to stand in awe of His deeds.
• No matter how terrible the times, God guides the steps of His people.
• Even when times are evil, Believers can trust that God is working out His own plan in His own time.

Unbelievers . . .  

• Some people’s god is their own strength.
• There are two kinds of people: the unrighteous that live by trusting in themselves, versus the righteous that live by trusting in God.
• Those who build their wealth unjustly will do so in vain.
• Idols are useless because they are made by man, cannot speak back in reply to man’s requests, cannot give guidance; they are dead things.
• Wealth and power do not protect a person.

Some of Monica’s comments also fit well in the “God” category. 

• God is patient and tolerant of my questions. He will answer and show His purpose in His time and I will likely be humbled by the pettiness of my complaint. When I ask God a question or speak a complaint, I should be ready to listen and receive what He says, no matter how humbling.
• It’s almost like God chose the Babylonians and allowed them to commit many evils so that He could show His power and receive the most glory. Evil will not ever go unpunished – even it it seems to in this ilfe.
• GOD is in control.
• God looks at the motives.
• God’s will reigns.
• God hates evil and will punish it.
• God will be glorified.
• God is the only One worthy of praise and glory. He is the only One who gives wisdom.

  So what have you learned from Habakkuk about God, His creation or their relationship to each other?